Golf tee



June 3, 1930. w, s, MORRIS 1,761,532

GOLF TEE Filed Jan. 16, 1929 Patented June 3, 1930 UNITED STATES.

WALTER STADDON MORRIS, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA GOLF. TEE

Application filed January 16, 1929. Serial No. 332,999.

This invention relates to devices used inplaying golf as a substitute for the old fashioned sand tee, and my object is to devise a tee which will not only serve the usual purpose of supporting the ball in position for the drive but will also aid the player in giving proper direction to his drive.

I attain my object by forming the tee with a base provided with a pointer which may be directed towards a distant hole, and with an alining device, at right angles to the pointer,

which serves as a guide to the player in his efforts toensure the face of the club, transversely, being at right angles to the desired direction of driveat the moment of impact against the ball.

The invention is hereinafter more specifically described, and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic plan view illustrating the method of use of my improved tee;

Fig. 2 a plan view ofthe tee;

Fig. 3 a side elevation of the tee;

Fig. 4 a cross section of the same on the line 4-4 in Fig. 2 and Fig. 5 a cross section of a modification of the device.

In the drawings like numerals of reference indicate coresponding parts in the different figures.

In its preferred embodiment my invention is constructed substantially as shown in Figs 2, 3 and 4 of the drawings, and the material preferably employed is a flexible rubber compound. i

The device comprises a base and a ball support 1 preferably integral with the base. The device is preferably of L-form, the legs 2 being preferably similar and lying substantial- 1y at right angles to one another. The legs are not necessarily similar, except for the fact that, to adapt the device for use by either right or left hand players, it is desirable that either leg may be employed asa pointer and the other as a guide as hereinafter described. So also it is preferable that the sides of these legs should be parallel and that each leg should terminate in a pointed end, the point being in line with the centre of the leg.

The ball support, when integral'with the device, is preferably of the frustoconical form shown, the upper end being cupped to form a-ball engaging rim. Preferably the 2 is preferably provided with the integral rib 3 extending from the ball support 1.

In the form of the device shown in Fig. 5 a removable ball support is substituted for the fixed ball support shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 of the drawings, this ball support being formed by a wooden peg 4 pushed through a hole formed in the base substantially at the point where the centre lines of the base intersect.

In using my device it is laid on the ground and oneleg or the other pointed directly towards the hole towards which the ball is to be driven. The ball is then placed on the tee and the player takes his stance and endeavours to so position himself that, when he addresses the ball, the face of his club, in the horizontal plane, will be as nearly as possible parallel to the rear edge of the leg of the base adjacent his club. The player may then drive off with a reasonable certainty that the ball is properly directed towards the distant hole. The diificulty in attempting to give proper direction to the drive from a position at right angles to the line which it is expected the ball will follow is thus overcome, the actual sighting being done from a position in alinement with the line from the tee to the distant hole. Thereafter the leg of the base of the device at right angles to that being used as a pointer gives a clear indication as to whether the face of the club is accurately positioned at right angles to the direction the ball is expected to take or not.

Fig. 1 of the drawings illustrates the underlying principle of the device and its method of use.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. A golf tee comprising a base having a ball support formed thereon, the base being L-shaped, one leg of the base forming a pointer, the other leg having its rear edge formed as a straight line to serve as a guide to indicate a line at right angles to the direction of the pointer.

2. A golf tee according to claim 1 in which the adjacent exterior edges of the base are at right angles to one another.

3. A golf tee according to claim 1 in which each leg of the base is parallel sided.

4. A golf tee according to claim 1 in which each leg of the base is parallel sided and tapered evenly at its free end substantially to a point.

Signed at Toronto, Canada, this 31st day of December, 1928.

WALTER S. MORRIS. 

